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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised by the answers here.

Graduations are a big deal to the graduates. It is sad and crappy that grandma won’t attend. Honestly, shame on Grandma. I would be angry.

Seriously I think this generation of grandparents is ridiculously selfish. If you have means and don’t have a job or serious health issue, why can’t you go to your grandson’s graduation?  What is more important than that? What the hell else do you have going on?

Step up and recognize this as an important day for your grandson and his parents. I would be delighted if my grandson wanted me at his graduation and would move heaven and earth to support him. [/quote]

Grandma is probably 70+ years old.  These sorts of events get harder as one gets older. [/quote]

The OP said that grandma flies around the world with her boyfriend.....

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Yes, and? Is a trip to Italy worth effort, cost and discomfort? Yes. Is 3 hours in a gym a good use of a septuagenarian's time or energy? Nah.

Guess who gets to decide whether she wants to go or not? Grandma. She made her choice, move on![/quote]

Nobody is saying that grandma can or should be compelled to attend, but I think grandma’s choice is a crappy one and she is in the wrong.

I really don’t understand the grandmother here. This doesn’t seem like a huge ask or outside the realm of what grandparents do for their grandkids. There were many grandparents at every graduation I have ever attended.

[b]This will have consequences on the relationship between the grandmother and her grandson.[/b]

Why can’t grandma just go to Italy later? It’s not like she has a job or is raising children or has just months to live. [/quote]

Only if the son chooses that.  Someone not wanting to travel so they can sit in a gym or whatever for three hours and listen to boring speeches so they can watch the ten seconds it takes you to walk across the stage to get your high school diploma does not mean they don't love you, don't value you, and wouldn't make the effort for other important events.  [/quote]

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